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The Timken Board: between a rock and a hard place

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2013

On May 7, 2013, Timken Co. announced that its shareholders approved a nonbinding proposal from activist shareholders (Relational Investors and

SEC Division of Corporation Finance issues updated Financial Reporting Manual

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 25 2013

On January 18, 2013, the SEC Division of Corporation Finance issued an updated Financial Reporting Manual. The Manual was updated for issues related

SEC Chairman Shapiro testifies before House Subcommittee on the JOBS Act

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 28 2012

On June 28, 2012, SEC Chairman Mary L. Shapiro testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of Public and Private Programs Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the SEC's implementation of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act ("JOBS Act"), as well as the implementation of our staff’s guidance on economic analysis in rulemaking

Lawsuit challenges SEC rules on conflict minerals

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 24 2012

On October 22, 2012, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Manufacturers Association, and the Business Roundtable filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit seeking to modify or eliminate the Securities and Exchange Commission’s ("SEC") final rules governing conflict minerals

SEC makes first whistleblower award

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 22 2012

On August 21, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") announced that it has paid out the first award under its whistleblower award program, which was established under the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act a little more than a year ago

SEC issues policy statement on phase in of derivatives regulation

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 11 2012

On June 11, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a policy statement describing the phase in of final rules regulating security-based swaps and security-based swap market participants

SEC charges Pfizer and Wyeth with FCPA violations

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2012

On August 7, 2012, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") charged Pfizer Inc. with violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act ("FCPA"

SEC charges Bristol-Myers Squibb executive with insider trading

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 7 2012

On August 2, 2012, the Securities and Exchanges Commission ("SEC") charged an executive in the treasury department at Bristol-Myers Squibb with insider trading

The FCPA: two new record settlements serve as a reminder to carefully monitor practices

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 19 2009

The renewed emphasis on enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA or the Act) by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) recently resulted in two record-breaking settlements a warning that should be heeded by all companies doing business abroad

Broker discretionary voting

  • Porter Wright Morris & Arthur LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • July 31 2009

On July 1, 2009, the SEC approved a proposed rule change to amend NYSE Rule 452 and Section 402

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